cupcakes arranged on a tiered wood riser display stand at an outdoor event

Wood Food Risers

the idea

For a natural or rustic look, use wood food risers and stands to showcase smaller treats and add height to your dessert table display

cupcakes arranged on tiered wood food risers at a wedding party
cupcakes arranged on a tiered wood riser display stand at a party

the how

  • Choose from stackable crates or tiered riser style
  • Available in natural, stained, or painted wood
party desserts arranged on a tiered wood riser display stand at a party
cupcakes arranged on a tiered wood riser display stand at a party

the why

This Idea

  • Rustic; adds a more natural / rustic look to your dessert table styling
  • Height; provides tall display stands to make the back row of your dessert table stand out
  • Visibility; tall / tabletop decor is easier to see when room is full of people
  • Elegant; turns treats into an elegant and sophisticated display
  • Professional; gives your dessert table a stylish and professionally-catered look
  • Re-usable; can be kept and reused for future events
cupcakes arranged on a tiered wood riser display stand at a wedding party
cupcakes arranged on a tiered wood riser display stand

the why

dessert table display stands

  • Height; prevents your dessert table looking flat, lifeless, and underwhelming
  • Groups; displaying one type of treat per stand gives your dessert table a stylish, defined, and well-ordered look
  • Rows; arranging treats in rows lends a slick, modern, and professional appearance
  • Levels; different levels make the eye work harder to take everything in, resulting in exploration, discovery, and surprise
  • Visual Spectacle; a variety of different display stands, risers, serving trays, and containers prevents your dessert table looking dull and monotonous
cupcakes arranged on a wood crate display stands on a wedding party dessert table
mini party desserts arranged on a tiered wood riser display stand

ADVICE FROM A PRO

Matt’s tip

Matt James professional event planner

“Height, or rather, varying degrees of height are essential to a well-designed dessert table. Nothing looks worse than when serving trays and containers are just laid out on the table. It looks flat, lifeless, and underwhelming.

These wood food risers and stands are a great way to add multiple levels to your dessert table and create a natural, rustic, and professional-looking display.

I recommend positioning them towards the back of your dessert table and mirroring them on the outside endsThis creates a visual balance by โ€˜anchoringโ€™ or โ€˜framingโ€™ the display.

Then, treat each tier as a cascading level using different height treats / containers stepping down from back to front.

For example, on the highest tier at the back you might serve desserts in taller treat containers, such as disposable martini glassesmilk bottlesmason jarsdisposable shooter glasses, or on tasting forks standing vertically.

On the next tier down, use slightly shorter treat containers, such as disposable dessert cupsmini coffee mugsdisposable mini tasting bowlstreat cups, or individual treats with a little height, such as cupcakes.

Then on the lowest tier, use treats / containers with the least height, such as disposable mini tasting platesskewers or treat cones laid flat, bite-size treats on tasting spoons or novelty mini trays and containers, or smaller treats, such as macarons, brownies, tarts, and pies.”

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cupcakes arranged on a wood crate display stands on a party dessert table
cupcakes arranged on a tiered wood riser display stand at an outdoor party

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